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GYMNOCARPIUM
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Oak ferns: in some classification systems included in genus Thelypteris
Synonyms:
genus Gymnocarpium; Gymnocarpium
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Gymnocarpium" is a kind of...):
fern genus (genera of ferns and fern allies)
Meronyms (members of "Gymnocarpium"):
Gymnocarpium dryopteris; oak fern; Thelypteris dryopteris (bright blue-green fern widely distributed especially in damp acid woodlands of temperate northern hemisphere)
Holonyms ("Gymnocarpium" is a member of...):
Athyriaceae; Dryopteridaceae; family Athyriaceae; family Dryopteridaceae (alternative names for one of a number of families into which the family Polypodiaceae has been subdivided in some classification systems)